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Mr. Bond exhibited two female examples of Sterrha sacraria taken by 
Mr. Eogers, of Freshwater, I. W., and eight specimens bred from eggs laid by 
them ; these were all of a smoky drab colom*, and exhibited no trace of scarlet 
markings. Their duration in the pupa state corresponded nearly precisely with 
that noticed in specimens bred in 1865 by the Rev. J. Hellins. 
Mr. Higgins exhibited part of a collection received from Borneo, containing, 
amongst others, an example of Ornitlioptera BrooTciana, the rare Prothoe Calydonia, 
&c., &c. 
Mr. Stainton exhibited an example of Ehulea catalaunalis, taken by Mr. W. C. 
Boyd at Cheshunt, and new to Britain. 
Mr. Trimen exhibited a grasshopper of the genus Pcecilocera, from Natal, in 
which forms apparently pupsD were frequently found in cojyultX. 
Mr. McLachlan remarked that the singular Boreus hiemalis had been recently 
found by Messrs. Douglas and Scott amongst moss in the neighbourhood of 
Croydon. 
Prof. Westwood gave some details as to the method of obtaining the "gut" 
used by anglers from the larva of a species of Saturnia in China. This "gut" was 
in reality the silk -reservoir of the larva, and lines from 20 to 30 feet in length were 
sometimes obtained from a single example. 
Mr. Stainton remarked that he had just seen the case of a Tinea larva of large 
size, which fed in the substance of the horns of a South African antelope. 
Mr. Trimen said he had seen a similar larva which fed in the di-ied skull and also 
in the bony bases of the horns. 
2nd December, 1867 ; Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 
A. H. Haliday, Esq., of Carnmoney, Co. Antrim ; Herbert Druce, Esq., of 
Enfield ; Joseph Ince, Esq., M.E.C.S., of St. George's Place, Hyde Park ; and 
W. C. Boyd, Esq., of Cheshunt, were elected Members. 
Mr. Pascoe exhibited a new species of Thysia from Sumatra (T. viduata, Pasc), 
also other interesting Coleoptera, from Penang, Ceylon, Sumatra, &c. 
Prof. Westwood exhibited a specimen of Serropalpus striatus, unique as British, 
captured some years ago at Sherwood Forest by Mr. Plant. He also exhibited a 
small spherical nest made of mud, found near Reigate on the occasion of the 
Society's excursion last year ; it had proved to be the nest of Eumenes atricornis. 
Mr. Smith remarked that atricornis was a synonym for coarctata, Linne ; and he 
exhibited a portion of a post with the nests of one of the leaf-cutting bees, Megachile 
Willughhiella ; there being no less than ten separate galleries in the one small piece 
of wood. He also remarked on the diversity of materials sometimes used by 
M. centv/ncularis and argentata in constructing their nests ; one poi-tion of the cell 
would be formed from green leaves, and the other from portions of the petals of 
Pelargoniums, &c. 
Mr. Pascoe read " Contributions to a knowledge of Coleoptera," part I. 
Mr. Trimen read a paper on " Some nndescribed species of South African 
Butterflies," including a new genus of Lyccenidce, remarkable for its pale and 
unifonn yellowish-white coloration, which he termed Delonewra ; new species of 
Acrcea, Panopcea, Zeritis, Lyccena, Aphna^us, &c., &c., — 18 in all. 
